The Story of the Night
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| Author | Colm Tóibín |
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| Country | Eire |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Picador |
| Publication date | 27 September 1996 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 320 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-330-34017-4 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-330-34018-2 (paperback edition) |
The Story of the Night is a novel by Irish novelist Colm Tóibín, set in Argentina in the 1980s where the main character, Richard, was born. Son of a British mother and a dead father, he must come to terms with the hidden story of his two countries now at war and his sexuality as he grows up.
[edit] Awards and nominations
It won the Ferro-Grumley Prize for the "Best gay novel of 1997".
